On December 9, 1965, CBS aired the holiday special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Today is the 53rd anniversary of that special. When the executives first saw the final cut, they weren’t too thrilled, after all, the story was about the crass commercialization of Christmas, not a topic too fond with the sponsor, Coca-Cola! But supposedly they already had ads out about it, so they had no choice but to air it and it became a classic Christmas special. On the occasion of this 53rd anniversary of this special I have six links to online articles and a parody video of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions for the return of MBIP next week!